New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-19
CLOSING PIECES or pHYLAD ELPHIA STOCKS.



Fourteen moro railroads 10 day reported ih-r gross
earrings for the second week IN November giving an
aggregate Of II 300 Sl7 against %i0~l34 IN the Wcch
Of lsaG-a gain OF 1900 .GG3 ia per cent oi tbs
roads reporting To day, nine reported IN leo1 these
roads give gain on tho week. Of ls-3 of 10 pr
cent Tho aggregate earnings of the twenty two com
panes already reported for the second week of Novcm
bcr are - 455.j92, against I3I 30 IN the week Of
19st;-a gain OF $G3l 3G7 or l4.6 per cent OF tho
twenty-five companies, fourteen reported their weekly
earnings 1855. and those fourteen give an aggregate
for week Of this year of - 1880 against @1e
G65 IN the week of I7sG-a cin Of S20o,'36 or 100
per cent and against ~ 71 32l IN tho week of ls75-
a gain Of = 90, OG9, or =. per cent.
The d" bears at the stock Exchange are all covered
up and aic more deli GIFTED than any else over the
sharp rally that prices have Lad-lc them tell H. Yet
;Acir agents, under Instructions pat oui hoiriyinS
eustles II which the three following paragraph, arc
fair examples
The m4,Let IS certainly surprise TO Ito con
sentative element
Whatever may lie Tho present condition Of ALIAS.
tic future Of business, from Tho nature ~ events
must be uncertain"
The political weather, while fosgy a home Is
threatening abroad
Certainly no il surprised a, he ri"-rr' stock
market except those fcw persons who. being elaic'
over ~, success Of destroying confdenc" during ne
lat few months, SUPPOSED thai ior indefinite tme
fiction could override facts. There ar SOLID iou, Of
wisdom that remark that the future Of hn-i n"es
mast be uncertain but Il IS not Of tina! hid which
has pcollcd The United State, with GIOOO,O0O Of .u
habiian- and bui l.0 600 miles Of railroad II sra H.
Of that Kind Of kitchen wisdom whics put he pnor
servant girl INTO Mysteries over tho possibilities taat
her baby, the possible fruit Of possible future
rage, might fall Just such red hot stove tho
the poor simple GIL was looking at The average
thinker will go European sources FOR diagnosis Of
foreign politics. and not to speculative hnici euicn
in Wall street.
TO-day's marlct CompaTaiiNcly duh The " bears,
tested with fresh ,s.cs ia the carly hOui, aud
discovered that The market sim there. aud Wilr>
purchase Il very small concessions. A. they moved
from quarter to another, there was ifIcg arb
IN tho movement Of prices, Northwestern ~a, at
tackled TO make the purchasing Of II. Paul aad tie
Northern ncs easier. Tho whole market polslse
to higher quotations from London. opened with con
siderable advances on last evenings closing Ircc,
After that the fluctuations covered laA-r 81 J Il
per cent. but there sUng uEdciiunc al IA lime
and The close prices considerably o slcr than
last evening: Canada s,utlcrn 30, Jersey cen
tral y. Northwestern b, - Paul =, Delaware.
racha1 anna and Western .. Lalc ehp,e .. Lori,
Vile and Nashville I. Missouri. Kansas and Texas.
/ II, New York aud New England g. Northern
Pacific preferred 81, Philadelphia and Reading pc.
cent, Texas Pacific %, Wheeling and Lake iJ.c
per cent AID Western Unon ii PEI cent. ~ Dor
rowing demand for >iOcs about active IL ever.
and promises to he greater the next delivery DAY
which VII be Monday. III, maIhct closed strong
Government bonds were quot and steady 1T quota,
tiIis d, follows